Can-opener.



J. D. BISCAYART.

CAN OPENER.

Arl'LrcATloN HLED 056.10.1917.

time, y fwn terasse.,

.application tied hecember le, ist?. serial. No. ademt.

ith all whom, it may concern Be it known that ll, Jonas D. ldrscatrnnr, a citizen of the United` States, residin at Atlanta, in the county ot Fulton and tate of Georgia, have invented certain new and use- -ful improvements in Can0peners; and l' do. hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specicationI rlhis invention-relates to new and useful improvements in can openers, and comprises a simple and efficient device ot this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and dened specifically in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the letters ci reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of 'the device, Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of F ig. 1, Fig. 3 is a' sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2,' and Fig. 4C is a sectional view on line lf-4 of llig. l.

Reference now being had tothe details oit the drawings ley letter;

A and B designate two handles the former of which has a cuttin blade A integral therewith, and the handle B is provided at its forward end with a portion C which is bent U-shaped in cross section with parallel walls spaced apart and the edge of one `wall l) cooperates with said cutting blade to form a shearing edge, While the edge E oi the other wall is milled and is spaced apart from the adjacent tace of the cutting blade, the milled edge being adapted to rest upon the top of the can the end of which is to be cut, while the other edge of the lll-shaped portion, as before stated, ooperates with the blade to cut the metal of the can.. The rear end of the portion C has a shoulder ll against which a shouldered portion li oit the handle A is adapted to contact to limit the outer swinging movements of the handles.

A spring, designated hy letter N, is las ter .i n, pin C? engi; ,-r'ted by the o the handle ld and hears yieldinglv against the handle A. and serves to normally throw the handles apart. An integral portion B of the handle B is bent laterally as a guard against which the hngers olf the operator are adaL ted to Contact, while its free end is outwar ly Curved as at B2 and is notched as at B3. rlhe end of the handle A. has a pointed can piercing portion T adapted to form a convenient means whereby'an opening may he made in the -end of the can to insert the cutting blade, and S is a link pivoted near the end or' the handle A and is adapted to engage said notch formed in the end oit the other handle, when the 'two handles are brought together.,

A pin il fastened to the walls of the handle B has pivotally connected thereto one end.

of the corlr screw l, which latter when not in use, is swung between the walls of the handle The wall of the handle A is recessed as at @and l? designates a device pivetally mounted upon the pin P carried by the handle it. and has a slit liiiormed in its free end and is provided to receive the end oi a sealing strip about a 'can for lasM tening a closure to the latter and which slit after receiving the end of the strip which has heen detached from the can may he wound about said device l? and further detached from the can it is wound about the saine'.

What claim to loe new is:

A can opener, comprising a plate leent tlshaped in cross section and having a convexed shearing edge, said plate provided with an elongated slot, handle made ot a plate bent tl-shaped and having two :torwardly projecting portions between which said slotted plate is positioned, a cutting jaw, and a handle hent lll-shaped 'and to which said jaw is fastened, the latter having a shoulder' adapted to engage the end of said slot to limit the movement or' the jaw in one direction.

ln testimony 'whereof l hereunto ailix my signature in presence oi two witnesses.

Witnesses:

Roer. ld. PA'rrnRson', Sienna Tetonas. 

